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Paul took me to First Beach, I'd been there before but it was different when I got to walk along the shoreline with Paul. We walked quietly for a while before we started to talk.
"We need to go on a date." Paul said turning to me.
"I guess we should at least have a first date to be able to tell stories about later. When do you want to go?" I asked him.
"How about Friday, I'm suppose to patrol at 10 but I'll try and change with someone, Jared owes me anyways."
"What are we going to do?" I was curious.
"It's going to be a surprise. Dress comfortably and warmly." He told me.
"You're my walking furnace why would I need to be warm when I can snuggle up to you." I replied with a coy smile. Paul growled low in his chest and pulled me into the nearby forest. He pushed me up against a tree and took possession of my mouth with his. He ran his tongue along my lips looking for entrance, so I opened my lips and the fireworks started. I think I'm the one that growled this time when he lifted me up by my butt so that I was eye level with him and I wrapped my legs around his waist for support. I don't know how long we where against the tree when I heard the dreaded Bewitched theme song coming from my discarded bag.
"Damn that's my mom, I better get it." I broke off the kiss and Paul growled again. I jumped down from Paul and grabbed my phone.
"Hey Faye, what's up." I answered.
"Stop making out with Paul in the forest and get to Sam's. We will be there in 10 minutes and you better be there." Faye snapped at me.
"Thanks for the call, we're going right now." I told her and she hung up. I looked up at Paul, "We better go, so we can beat them there or there will be hell to pay for both of us."
"Not that I want to, but I guess we better go." Paul looked and sounded about as happy as I felt about leaving right now, as in not at all. We walked back to the truck and Paul quickly sped all the way to Sam and Emily's.
It took us about 5 minutes to reach Sam's house from the beach. It was very cute and not what I was expecting with the extra feminine touches that were quite evident but it really added to the whole picturesque feel of the house. Paul jumped out and ran over at not quite human speed to open my door and offered me a hand out. We walked up to the front door and Paul just opened it and walked in like he lived here.
"Paul, where are your manners, your suppose to knock before you enter someone else's home!" I hissed at him.
"If Sam and Emily had to open the door every time one of the pack members dropped by one of them would always be answering the door. There are certain hours that we have to knock between and there are certain hours that we must not enter. Other than that it's an open door policy." Paul explained.
"Oh, okay. Sorry I didn't know and was concerned. I figured as your imprint I might as well try and domesticate you a bit."
"Good luck with that. You're going to need a lot of luck with this one," A pretty lady with a huge grin said from what looked like the kitchen doorway. She was breathtakingly beautiful and the three scars that ran down her face only seemed to add to her beauty. This must be Emily, maybe once I get to know her I'll ask her what she thinks of the scars and if she would like them gone I can get a Healer to remove them for her.
"You must be Emily. Paul has told me about your wonderful cooking and how you are pretty much the pack mother. It's great to meet you, I'm Mia." I put my hand out to shake her hand when she grabbed me into a big bear hug.
"We're family, we don't shake hands. I'm happy that there is now another wolf girl around." Emily said before she released.
"Actually your about to meet another one. My Mom is one too; her singer is a Shape Shifter, who turns into a wolf."
"That's great; I can't wait to meet them all. Sam didn't want me here but I got my way. He was worried that if tempers got a little high that I could get hurt."
"I doubt Phil would phase out of anger, he's been doing this for almost 100 years and has enough control to stop if he wanted to. My brothers have been phasing for over 6 years and are pretty laid back guys. If it would make Sam feel better I can cast a protection spell around you so that even if Paul phases by accident you're protected. Don't look at me like that Paul, you know it could happen." I could see Paul trying to give me a hurt look.
"I'm getting better." Paul griped.
"What happened to my shirt yesterday? Yeah that's what I thought," I told him with a grin to let him know I wasn't serious.
"You can really cast a spell that would protect Emily from shifters?" Sam had now entered.
"Yes, but please realize that it's temporary. The most I can make it last for is about 12 hours. After that she is vulnerable as any human again unless I reapply the spell. I am going to ask Faye later if there is a spell that is a little more permanent that can protect the imprints. Would you like me to protect Emily now just in case?" I explained to him.
"Yes, please." Sam looked like he would have begged if I had asked.
"Emily would you like me to do the spell?" I asked Emily for permission.
"If it makes Sam feel better then go for it." Emily told me.
"Alright, boys go sit down on the couch. Emily stand in front of me and this won't hurt bit. It will tingle with a bit of warmth but won't be distracting. When the warmth fades, the spell is done and if need be that is when I can reapply. Ready?" I asked.
"Hit me with it," Emily giggled.
"Protect and surround my friend with the light that protects and wards off all that seek to cause physical harm either with purpose or by misfortune." With that I waved my hands over Emily's head and snapped my fingers.
"It kind of tickles at first, but your right it's not distracting it's a real comforting feeling. Thank you, I know you just made Sam feel a lot better about me being here." Emily said with a smile towards Sam. "Would you like a muffin or something to eat before the boys get into them?"
"Sounds great, I've seen Paul eat and I know how my brothers and Phil are. There are no second chances when it comes to food." Emily and I both laughed at that and walked into the kitchen.
I was just about done my delicious muffin when the door bell rang and I felt a ting on my radar, the family has arrived. I walked into the living room as Sam was ushering everyone into the house. Faye smiled at me and the boys all bumped fist with Paul, then everyone tried to find comfortable seating. I ended up sitting on Paul's lap on a chair, while everyone else took the couches and other chairs up.
"Well I guess I'll start," Phil said. "As I'm sure you already know Devon, Drew and I are Shape Shifters like you are. We all change into wolves like you do. We will not be joining your pack but please feel free to contact us if you should feel you need any additional assistance when it comes to protecting the area. We can also take any patrolling shifts if anyone needs some time off. We felt it was better to warn you of our arrival as well as respectful. This will also prevent any accidents from occurring if we should happen to run into each other while in wolf form."
"Thank you for the offer. I will have Paul show you the border just in case the need arises." Sam started diplomatically, "What is your heritage? I'm just curious, I didn't know any other tribes had werewolves."
"I will show the boys the border or Paul can. I was here when the treaty was signed. I am full Quileute and the boys are half Quileute and half English. I use to live in La Push many years ago but left about 50 years ago because we were under one of Faye's spells that made it appear that we where aging but in reality we weren't and it was time for us to move. Everyone thinks that we passed away from old age though. I have changed my first name since then and we are using one of Faye's last names as I still have descendants here."
"Can you tell me who your descendants are? Are you they part of the current pack?" Sam was really interested now.
"I would prefer not to say anything, at least not yet. The one is a member of the current pack and I feel it would be rather shocking to the rest of his family if I told you before I decided to tell them. I haven't decided to tell them, right now I'm not going to but I may change my mind later on." Phil explained.
"Alright, I'll accept that for now. Faye or Mia, can you explain to me what you are? I know that you are witches but I'm not too sure what that entails." Sam now turned his attention to us.
Faye explained to Sam pretty much everything there was to know about witches. Where we get our powers from, how we are immortal, how we have singers, and anything else you can think of. The only thing that she left out was how we can die. I was hoping Sam wouldn't pick up on that, but being the best Alpha he could be he did.
"How do witches die?" Sam asked.
"When we decide to become mortal we age like everyone else and will die mainly of old age and diseases that afflict elderly people." Faye answered, I'm sure she knew that wasn't what he was asking but was trying to avoid the question.
"No, I meant if a witch is getting out of hand and needs to be put to death because of their crimes." Sam re-asked his question.
"Why do you need to know?" I shot back at him, I could feel Paul's arm tighten around me.
"Because I need to know what to do to protect my people if a crazy Witch comes around here." Sam snapped back at me.
"Don't worry about. If that happens, Faye and I have it covered and you'll never know. I'll know that she's here because I always keep my Watching eyes open for any threats. If a witch is coming here with ill intentions, or if they are already here and then change their minds to cause no good, then I'll know. Faye will also see it coming with her Orical gift. We are both very attuned to other witches." I answered before Faye had a chance.
"What if they get through you? Nobody is perfect all the time." Sam snapped at me.
"Trust me, they can't get through us. There also aren't as many off the path witches as you would think, we're pretty peaceful." Faye answered and shot a pointed look at me before my temper got carried away.
"What do you do with Witch's that cross the line?" Emily spoke for the first time since introductions.
"We have a council of Elders that decide their fate. If a Witch is an immediate threat to the safety of our family or surroundings and cannot be transferred to the Elders or we can't incapacitate her then we can dispose of her. Only strong magic can destroy another Witch. It's hard magic to learn and is forbidden under most circumstances and a Witch doesn't learn the spell until they are at least 200. Both Mia and I know it so you are safe, as one us will always be within the near vicinity." Faye has the patience of a saint some times; my hands were tingling to give Sam a preview of some magic. I would never actually harm him or anyone else in the pack, but just a small zap to remind him not to piss off a witch, we may be peaceful for the most part but we do pack a punch if the need arises.
"Thank you for sharing so much today, is there questions that we can answer?" Sam asked.
"Would you mind telling me who is in the current pack?" Phil asked.
"Jacob Black, Jared Catalpa, Paul Boxelder, Embry Call, Quil Ateara, Seth Clearwater, and Leah Clearwater. We are also watching two more boys that look they could be phasing any day." Sam was being very open.
"Why are there so many phasing?" Phil asked.
"Wait, better question, why did a girl phase?" Drew asked.
"Even a better question, is she hot?" Trust Dev to ask a question like that.
"Devon! That is not important. Your concern should be why a female has phased for the first time." Faye admonished him.
"Sorry Mom. Why do you think that Leah phased?" Devon rephrased his question so he didn't irritate our mother anymore.
"We aren't sure and neither are the elders. They have researched all of our legends and nothing has come up yet. What about you Phil, any ideas?" Sam replied.
"If her last name is Clearwater it could be just because of the concentration of the gene in her DNA. If I've kept on my tribe information correctly both of her parents carry the gene, which could explain it. I'll go over some of my older papers and see if there is anything but this is the first time I've heard of a female phasing." Phil answered.
"The reason we think that so many are phasing is because of the large coven of Vampires in Forks. There is seven of them, and if they have their way then there will be eight soon. Even though they know that this will break the treaty." Sam said with distain.
"Are you talking about the Cullen's? How will it break the treaty?" I asked.
"The treaty says that if they bite a human for any reason, that's bite not kill, the treaty is broken and we can and will declare war. How do you know of them?" Sam returned my question.
"I was here when the first five came, but only three phased then. We have been in contact with them over the years, and you do not have anything to be concerned about when it comes to the Cullens." Phil replied firmly.
"I can explain everything," Faye came back into the conversation. "There is going to be the first of two great battles in a couple of months. You must form an allegiance with the Cullen's or all will parish."
"We can protect our tribe without any help from the Cullen's!" Sam started shaking and Paul tightened his arm on me again, he had been surprisingly quiet and calm during the whole conversation.
"If this is the path that you choose I can tell you few from La Push or Forks will survive the first battle. The second battle they will all be gone. If you make the choice to form the alliance then everyone will be safe and all from Forks and La Push will survive and will have no knowledge of how close they came to death." Faye replied calmly using what I call her fortune teller voice.
"I will think about it and discuss it with the pack when the time comes. I will not make a decision today just on the say so of someone I just meet." Sam said trying to calm down.
"How are we going to hide it from the rest of the pack?" Paul finally spoke up.
"We won't and I will order that it is my decision and no one is to try and sway me either way." Sam replied.
"Are we done here for now? It's getting late, I'm hungry and I have homework." I asked wanting to leave before anyone got out of hand.
"Yes, I think we're done for the moment. If you have any more questions please call us or relay the message and we will have another meeting." Phil replied.
"Emily, if you start to feel the spell wear off and would like it reapplied let me know and I can do it again." I told Emily as we hugged good bye.
"Paul, are you going with Mia or are you staying here." Emily asked.
"If Mia and her family don't mind I think I'll go with them." Paul answered.
Paul and I walked back to my truck and jumped in, this time with me driving. It had been a long day and I really didn't feel like driving the 20 minutes back to my house. I grabbed Paul's hand and put one hand on the steering wheel, I closed my eyes and pictured my parking spot and flickered to it.
"What the hell!!!!!" Paul exclaimed. "If you're going to do that warn me please. If I could have a heart attack, I'm pretty sure I would have just had one."
"Sorry, I forgot you haven't travelled that way yet, and I just wanted to get home. Are you hungry? I'm sure I can snap something together that's magically delicious." I told him giggling.
"Got anymore of those cheesy magic innuendos?" Paul said with a grin that I loved.
"I got a lot up my sleeves. Are you ready to flicker again?"
"Sure."
I grabbed Paul's hand again, and flickered us the kitchen. Everyone was already in there, Faye had already snapped in some food and the men were digging in. Paul went over and joined them quickly, and I was very happy that he got along with them so well. I can only hope the same is true when I introduce Paul to my best friend, who happens to be a Cullen. They were all talking about how the meeting had gone, and my family was getting Paul's opinion on Sam's reaction.
"Paul, do you think Sam will continue to be stubborn or take our advice?" Phil asked.
"I'm not sure, I think he'll probably call a pack meeting to let everyone know how the meeting with your family went and try and see what everyone's reaction is." Paul answered.
"What I need to know is if this Leah chick is hot." Devon asked Paul.
"I hope when you imprint, she gives you hell and knocks you on your ass." I told him with a smile.
"I never looked at her that way but I guess so. She's a harpy and a bitch though and won't give any of the pack any peace ever. It's actually punishment to have to patrol with her because she's so bitter." Paul replied.
"Why do you say that about her?" Faye asked with concern for the poor girl.
"Sam and Leah used to date and they were planning on getting married before Sam imprinted on Emily who is Leah's cousin. It wouldn't be so bad because we all originally felt sorry for her, but then she turned out to be a big bitch that now we can't stand her." I smacked him in the back of the head for his last comment.
"Maybe she doesn't want your pity; you should really be nicer to her and try to see it from her point. Not only is she the first female to phase and has to have nothing but boys in her head all the time, she also has it rubbed in her face that her first love is now in love with her cousin every time she's in wolf form. I'd be pissed off, bitchy and resentful too." I told him.
"I never thought about it that way." Paul said.
"Well you better start and stop being such an ass. If I hear you speaking about her like that again you will have me to contend with and you do not want that." I said with an evil grin.
"Oh no," Devon said.
"Our sister doesn't just get mad she'll also plan some elaborate revenge plan that you'll never see coming that will cause pain and embarrassment. We should know she's done a lot of painful things to us over the years. Some we've defiantly deserved." Drew filled Paul in on what I think was more than enough information. They're my little brothers, and I can torture them if I was to.
"I promise I will try to be more understanding when it comes to Leah, will that make you happy?" Paul asked me as he wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer.
"Yes, it does. It can't be easy for her and I won't have you or anyone else making it harder for her. I really do want to meet her soon." I told him.
"Come to Sam and Emily's for dinner on Thursday. The whole pack will be there and you can meet her. Leah is the only member of the pack you haven't gotten to meet yet."
"Of course I'll come to dinner; it'll be nice to see everyone outside of school. Speaking of school, we need to go study and I need to tutor you."
"Fine, let me just go get my books from the truck." Paul grumbled.
"I've already sent them to my room. Let's go." I pulled Paul up and we walked upstairs towards my bedroom.
"Holy Crap, this is your room. It's almost bigger then my house, and I'm pretty sure your closet is bigger than my bedroom. But it's defiantly comfortable in here.
"There are only four rooms on this entire floor. Devon, Drew and I have our bedrooms on this floor, and we each have our own bathrooms. Then there is a study next to my room. On the top floor there is Faye and Phil's room, and two spare rooms. You've seen downstairs already, it's comfortable and spacious because we are all old enough that we need some privacy from each other. All the rooms have some degree of soundproofing when the door is closed. Unless there is yelling going on then as I found out this morning, those with sensitive ears can still hear."
"What happened this morning?" Paul asked.
"I woke Dev up with lightening, his screaming woke up Drew, and Drew drenched me with water, all the yelling woke up Phil." I gave Paul the abridged version of what happened this morning. Paul just shook his head and walked over to the couch where his bag was sitting.
"So what are we studying first?" He asked.
"What's your worst subject?" I asked.
"All of them except for gym."
"Well what are you actually failing and what are you managing to sneak by in? We'll get you up to passing and then work on raising your grade in all of your classes."
"Then we need to start with Math. I have a makeup test tomorrow in Algebra that I missed last week and I have no idea how to do any of it."
Paul pulled out his Math book that looked like it had barley been opened. We went over everything that could possibly be on his test tomorrow and after about an hour he seemed to understand it. I gave him some example problems and he got them all correct, I was very impressed with his progress.
"I can't believe that in an hour you went from not understanding the concept of Algebra to getting some decently hard questions correct." I told him.
"I guess I find it easier to concentrate on you and your words then when I'm in class with only a few hours of sleep." Paul explained.
"Well either way I'm glad. You'll do fine tomorrow and I'm sure your teacher is going to be floored by your sudden degree of ability in Math. Who is your Math teacher?" I hoped it was the same as mine.
"Tetchinyn, he's a great guy which is the only reason Jared and I are allowed to take the test tomorrow. Most of the teachers would just say too bad."
"He's my Calculus teacher for my first class; I'll let him know tomorrow that I tutored you so he won't think your cheating. What is the next thing we're studying?"
"English, I have a paper due on Wednesday and I started to write the paper but I don't think its any good. I did at least read the book." Paul said as he handed me his essay. I quickly gave his paper the once over and saw the problem immediately. I think he either missed some English classes or was sleeping through the discussion of the book so he was missing the true meaning behind the book.
"What do you think this book is about?" I asked him. He started to tell me and every now and then I would break in with key points that he was missing. I could see the understanding of the book starting to grow more in his eyes.
"I get it now, so none of it was actually happening, the guy was just crazy?" Paul asked.
"Yup pretty much, it makes more sense now doesn't it?" I was glad that he understood more about his class material. I was looking forward to graduating with him next year as long as he kept this up.
"I need to retype my paper; do you have a computer I can borrow?"
"You can use the laptop on my desk, I'll run downstairs and grab you a snack." I told him. "I'm really proud of you for accepting my help."
I gave him a long kiss and jumped up off the couch and left the room. By the time I returned from downstairs he was half way through his paper and still going strong. He finished the paper in about 45 minutes. We had been studying for almost 3 hours so I decided it was time for a break. After his freshly typed paper was put away safely in his bag I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards my bed.
We had been making out and had gotten into some heavy touching, I was surprised that Paul wasn't trying to take it farther because I had heard the rumors about what man whore he had been before imprinting. I guess this way he was trying to show me he respected me.
"I love you." I whispered as we broke apart. I was really warm and was glad that I had taken off my jacket before getting onto the bed.
"I love you too." Paul whispered back as he pulled me into a hug.
My bedroom door flew open and Drew came strolling in.
"Great way to study, I'm sure Paul's learning lots." Drew laughed; I could feel Paul starting to shake against my body.
"What do you want?" I snapped at Drew and slowly ran my hand up and down Paul's arm trying to calm him down.
"Mom says that Paul needs to leave because his Mom is concerned why he isn't home yet because it's after 11." Drew explained.
"Crap, I told her I would be home by 11 tonight. I'm not doing well on promises today. I'm going to try and be better tomorrow. I got to go, can you bring my bag with you to school tomorrow so I can phase and run home without carrying my bag in my mouth." Paul asked as he jumped up.
"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow morning; I'll even give you a wakeup call so you can get to school on time." I told him.
"I love you." Paul pulled me into another hug.
"I love you too." I reached up and gave him a kiss goodbye. Paul ran out of the house and once he was gone from what I could see into the forest I once again turned to my other sight and watched him until he arrived home.
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